1. LncRNA NEAT1 regulates chondrocyte proliferation and apoptosis via targeting miR-543/PLA2G4A axis.
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Xiao P, Zhu X, Sun J, Zhang Y, Qiu W, Li J, and Wu X
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- Aged, Cartilage, Articular cytology, Cartilage, Articular pathology, Cells, Cultured, Chondrocytes pathology, Disease Progression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Apoptosis genetics, Cell Proliferation genetics, Chondrocytes physiology, Gene Expression genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental genetics, Group IV Phospholipases A2 genetics, Group IV Phospholipases A2 metabolism, MicroRNAs genetics, MicroRNAs metabolism, Osteoarthritis genetics, Osteoarthritis pathology, RNA, Long Noncoding physiology
- Abstract
Osteoarthritis (OA), which is characterized by articular cartilage degeneration, shows a gradually increasing incidence with age. This study explored the molecular mechanism underlying the proliferation and apoptosis of chondrocytes during OA progression. In this study, chondrocytes were isolated from human knee cartilages. The targeted relationship among nuclear enriched abundant transcript 1 (NEAT1), microRNA-543 (miR-543) and PLA2G4A was predicted on TargetScan V7.2 and starBase and validated by performing dual-luciferase reporter assay. High-expressed NEAT1 was detected in OA cartilage and chondrocytes. NEAT1 was negatively correlated with miR-543 and was low-expressed in OA cartilage and PLA2G4A was negatively correlated with miR-543 and was high-expressed in OA cartilage. In OA chondrocytes, the overexpressed NEAT1 inhibited the expressions of p-Akt1 and Bcl-2 and upregulated that of matrix metalloprotease (MMP)-3, MMP-9, MMP-13, interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8, but such effects of overexpressed NEAT1 were reversed by miR-543 mimic. SiRNA-NEAT1 exerted an opposite effect to NEAT1 overexpression on OA chondrocytes, but this could be reversed by miR-543 inhibitor. The effect of PLA2G4A overexpression was the opposite to miR-543 mimic on OA chondrocytes. In conclusion, NEAT1 could sponge miR-543 to induce PLA2G4A expression, inhibit chondrocyte proliferation and promote apoptosis.
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- 2021
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